Prepare an annotated bibliography of sources to be used in researching your final argumentative paper. This assignment is worth 15% of the total class grade; students must submit all major assignments and associated drafts in order to have the opportunity to pass the course.
How-to:
Include for each source three paragraphs: a summary, a critical analysis of the text, and a reflection on its applicability to your research, respectively.
Use the sample annotated bibliography as a guide.
Use standard MLA format for the citations, and then add an annotation for each entry (consisting of summary, critical analysis, applicability to your research).
Put all or most of the summary in your own words; if you borrow from the author, put it in quotation marks and cite the page number.
Requirements:
Write from the third-person point of view, and use the present tense. Yes, it is possible to write about your own research while maintaining third person narrative mode—see the examples at the OWL at Purdue.
“Silver argues... ” (not “I thought... ” or “You will see... ” or “Silver argued... ”).
Your bibliography must cite a minimum of 10 sources. Although you may ultimately decide not to use all of your sources in your final paper, all the sources in your final paper must be on your annotated bibliography.
Please ensure that the bibliography turned in for grading represents a significant revision to the first draft.
Your sources must be credible and scholarly. To this end, I request that you limit your sources to only peer-reviewed journals or books (see page 263 in your text).
A Word about Formatting:
Format citations in the same manner as a normal Works Cited list. Hanging indents are required for citations, as shown in the example. That is, the first line of the citation starts at the left margin. The author’s last name is the only line flush with the left margin.
Subsequent lines are indented.
As with every other part of an MLA formatted work, the bibliography is double spaced, both within and between citations. It is in alphabetical order.
Use the Samples found at the OWL at Purdue as a guide. An example of a student-written annotated bibliography:
Other criteria previously stated in the course syllabus
Due Dates for Writers:
Save the essay with your first initial followed by your last name and then the essay type: Example: SDoggBibliography
Post your draft TO YOUR PERSONAL WIKI PAGE by the beginning of class on November 27.
Due Dates for Readers performing Peer Review:
Download your classmate’s proposal.
Use the Peer Review Guidelines to make inline comments.
Include your name as peer reviewer at the end of your comments.
Upload your peer review to YOUR wiki page by the beginning of class on November 29. Do not print this assignment; it is too long.
Final Due Dates:
Your workshopped, revised proposals will be turned in by the beginning of class on final exam day. Upload these to your personal Wiki page with Final added to the document name: Example: SDoggBibliographyFinal. (Please see the syllabus for information about late submission of essay assignments.) Portions of these instructions were adapted from the Leslie University Library Guide.http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/citation/mla_annotated.html Peer Review Questions for Annotated Bibliography There should be at least 10 sources.
1. For each citation FIND AND LABEL the following. Note any errors for the writer.
Use the Handbook or the OWL at Purdue to check the citation for correctness.
Is the first paragraph a summary of the text? Is it primarily in the writer’s own words?
Is the second paragraph a critical analysis of the text?
Is the third paragraph a reflection on the text’s application to the writer’s research?
Do each of the three paragraphs cite the source, if material is being borrowed?
2. Check the formatting. Is the first line of each citation left justified?
3. Are subsequent lines indented?
4. Are the citations in alphabetical order by author’s last name?
5. Is the document written in third-person POV?
6. Is the document written in present tense?
7. Can you tell from the citation whether or not the source is from a book or peer-reviewed journal?
The Assignment:
Prepare an annotated bibliography of sources to be used in researching your final argumentative paper. This assignment is worth 15% of the total class grade; students must submit all major assignments and associated drafts in order to have the opportunity to pass the course.
How-to:
Requirements:
“Silver argues... ” (not “I thought... ” or “You will see... ” or “Silver argued... ”).
A Word about Formatting:
Criteria for Evaluation:
Due Dates for Writers:
Due Dates for Readers performing Peer Review:
Final Due Dates:
Your workshopped, revised proposals will be turned in by the beginning of class on final exam day. Upload these to your personal Wiki page with Final added to the document name:
Example: SDoggBibliographyFinal.
(Please see the syllabus for information about late submission of essay assignments.)
Portions of these instructions were adapted from the Leslie University Library Guide.http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/citation/mla_annotated.html
Peer Review Questions for Annotated Bibliography
There should be at least 10 sources.
1. For each citation FIND AND LABEL the following. Note any errors for the writer.
2. Check the formatting. Is the first line of each citation left justified?
3. Are subsequent lines indented?
4. Are the citations in alphabetical order by author’s last name?
5. Is the document written in third-person POV?
6. Is the document written in present tense?
7. Can you tell from the citation whether or not the source is from a book or peer-reviewed journal?
8. Is the document double spaced?